# 現世
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiànshì
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄕˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jin$^6$ sai$^3$
* Eastern Min (BUC): hiêng-*sié
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiān-sè / hiān-sì
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$yi-sy
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiànshì
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄕˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siànshìh
*** Wade–Giles: hsien$^4$-shih$^4$
*** Yale: syàn-shr̀
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiannshyh
*** Palladius: сяньши (sjanʹši)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$現世 / 现世 縣市 / 县市
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jin$^6$ sai$^3$
*** Yale: yihn sai
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jin$^6$ sai$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yin$^6$ sei$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiːn²² sɐi̯³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: hiêng-*sié
*** Sinological IPA : /hieŋ²⁴²⁻⁵³ siɛ²¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan, Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiān-sè
*** Tâi-lô: hiān-sè
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hiexnsex
*** IPA (Xiamen): /hiɛn²²⁻²¹ se²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /hiɛn³³⁻¹¹ se¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɛn³³⁻²¹ se²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɛn⁴¹⁻²² se⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiān-sì
*** Tâi-lô: hiān-sì
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hiexnsix
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɛn²²⁻²¹ si²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /hiɛn³³⁻¹¹ si¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɛn³³⁻²¹ si²¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$yi-sy
*** MiniDict: yi$^去$ sy
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$hhi-sr
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦi²² sz̩⁴⁴/

### Noun

現世
* this life

#### Synonyms

* 今世 (jīnshì)
* 今生 (jīnshēng)
* 此生 (cǐshēng)
* 这一輩子 (zhè yī bèizi)

#### Derived terms

* 現世報 / 现世报 (xiànshìbào)

### Verb

現世
* to see the light of day; to come out
* to lose face; to be disgraced; to bring shame on oneself
* (Eastern Min) to suffer disaster; to fall into a plight; to come to grief

#### Synonyms

* (to suffer disasater): 遭殃 (zāoyāng)

#### Synonyms

* (to see the light of day):
* 催生 (cuīshēng) (figurative)
* 出世 (chūshì)
* 問世 / 问世 (wènshì)
* 形成 (xíngchéng)
* 生成 (shēngchéng)
* 產生 / 产生 (chǎnshēng)
* 登臺 / 登台 (dēngtái) (figurative)
* 行世 (xíngshì) (literary)
* 誕生 / 诞生 (dànshēng)
* 長成 / 长成 (zhǎngchéng) (literary)
* 面世 (miànshì)
* (to lose face):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 丟臉, 丟人, 丟面子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 丟份兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 丟臉, 丟人現眼 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 丟人, 丟份兒, 丟份子, 現眼 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 丟臉 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 丟人, 丟人現眼, 現眼 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 丟人, 丟人顯臉 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 丟人, 丟臉, 丟人現眼 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 丟人, 丟人現眼 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 丟人 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 丟人現眼的, 丟人敗壞的 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 現世, 現, 現眼, 現鼻子現眼, 現鼻子拉眼 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 丟人, 羞人, 丟醜 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 丟人, 丟臉, 丟醜, 丟面子, 丟人現眼, 丟人擺呆, 丟人敗姓, 現眼 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 丟人, 丟臉, 丟皮子, 肇皮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 丟譏, 丟醜, 丟人, 丟臉, 折人, 坍臺, 丟人現眾, 掉底子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 丟臉 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 丟人, 丟臉 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 丟人, 現世 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 丟架 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 丟架, 丟人現眼 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 丟架 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 跌臉, 折面子, 現世 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 丟醜 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 失面子 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 失面子 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 失面子 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 失面子 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 失面子 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 失面子 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 現世 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 丟人, 敗興, 現眼, 丟人現眼, 丟人敗興 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 丟人 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 現世 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 落氣, 落臉, 獻世, 失氣 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 落氣, 落臉, 失氣, 失外氣 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 落氣, 落臉, 現世, 失氣, 失外氣 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 落氣, 落臉, 失體面, 失氣 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 落氣 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 落氣, 瀉衰 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 落氣 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 瀉衰, 瀉世界, 瀉世瀉界, 瀉衰儂 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 落氣, 瀉衰 |
| Southern Min | Batam (Teochew) | 落氣, 瀉衰 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 敗色水 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 現世, 退招勢 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 現世 |
| Wu | Danyang | 現世 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 丟格, 失格, 折格, 射格, 扮式样 |

### Adjective

現世
* (Eastern Min) pitiful; pitiable; poor
* (Eastern Min) hard up; short of money; in financial difficulties

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 可憐 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 可憐 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 可憐 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 孽障 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 造孽 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 造孽 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 可憐 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 可憐 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 可憐, 衰過 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 可憐, 衰過 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 可憐, 衰過 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 可憐, 衰過 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 可憐, 衰過 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 苦憐 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 造孽, 罪過 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 現世, 悲 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 可憐代 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 可憐代 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 可憐代 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 可憐代 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 可憐代 GT |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 可憐代 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 可憐代 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 罪過 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 罪過 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 罪過 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 罪過 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 造孽 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 造孽 |

## Japanese
### Etymology 1

Kanji in this term :
| 現 | 世 |
| げん Grade: 5 | せ > ぜ Grade: 3 |
| goon ||
Kanji in this term :
| 現 | 世 |
| げん Grade: 5 | せ Grade: 3 |
| goon ||
From Middle Chinese 現世.

#### Noun

現(げん)世(せ) or 現(げん)世(ぜ) • (gense or genze)
* (Buddhism) the current life, one of the 三世 (sanze, “three lives”), opposed to 前世 (zense, “previous life”) and 来世 (raise)/後世 (gose, “next life”)
    現(げん)世(せ)主(しゅ)義(ぎ)
       gense shugi
       secularism
    あれは兵(へい)器(き)ではなく、地(じ)獄(ごく)を現(げん)世(せ)に現(あらわ)すものです。
       Are wa heiki de wa naku, jigoku o gense ni arawasu mono desu.
       It was not a weapon, but a manifestation of hell on earth.
       (literally, “That was not a weapon, [it] was a thing that manifested hell into the current life.”)

### Etymology 2

Kanji in this term :
| 現 | 世 |
| うつし Grade: 5 | よ Grade: 3 |
| kun'yomi ||
現, 現し (“current”, adjectival stem) +‎ 世 (“world; life”)

#### Noun

現(うつし)世(よ) • (utsushiyo)
* the current life

### Etymology 3

Kanji in this term :
| 現 | 世 |
| げん Grade: 5 | せい Grade: 3 |
| goon | kan'on |

#### Proper noun

現(げん)世(せい) • (Gensei)
* (geology) the Holocene epoch

### See also

* 現(げん)世(せ)代(だい) (gensedai)
* 現(げん)世(せい)紀(き) (genseiki)